EA 341

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270840.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x [...] _lu2?_ x [...]
[...]-ak-ki a-na _utu#?_
[... _u-gur_ u3# _dingir-mesz_ gab2-ba2-szu#-[nu]
[...] ki-isz-szi ki-na-an-na# [...] x [...]
[...]-du-szu-nu-ti a-na _szu_-ti _dingir-mesz_ [...]
[...]-bi-ra a-na _szu#_-ti _lu2-i-gab ka2-gal-hi-a_-ni#? [...]
[...] _dingir-mesz_ um-ma-a us,-s,ur ki-isz-szi i#?-na#?
[...] ul#-tu3 _utu_ t,e4-em-ma i-sza-ak-ka3-nu [...]
[...] u3# u2-dib#-szar-ri ma?!(gesz)-hi-ir a-na# il#?
[...] ru#?-szu#? gab2#-bi a-duk#-ka4-szu _u4#?_ an#-na# [...]
[...] _an_ x [x i?]-na#? lib3#-bi#? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 341. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P270840) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270840..

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